Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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